SPOTLIGHT

Nicaragua is the 12th State to ratify the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW)

REMINDER: Deadline for UNSCAR Call for Proposals is approaching (submit by 31 July 2018)

Regional Centre holds workshop on Women, Peace and Security for NGO representatives and parliamentarians in Southeast Asia

USG/HR Nakamitsu inaugurates new UNREC premises; launches activities of arms-marking project in Togo and Madagascar

USG/HR Nakamitsu’s remarks at 2018 Annual Arms Control Conference and Experts Forum, Tel Aviv, 2 July 2018

Secretary-General’s Spokesperson statement on Anniversary of Adoption of Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons

Costa Rica becomes the 11th State to ratify the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW)

Remarks of USG/HR Nakamitsu on Inauguration of New UNREC Premises and Launch of Activities of Arms-Marking Project in Togo and Madagascar

DISARMAMENT IN THE NEWS

Imaging drones to spot signs of explosive chemicals leaking from landmines

UNFOLD ZERO interviews UN General Assembly President

Project to connect American youth with Atomic Bomb survivors (Hibakusha) winding down

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Showing Hiroshima’s Reality

FEATURED CONTENT

2018 United Nations Disarmament Commission

Third Review Conference on the Programme of Action

2018 Preparatory Committee for the 2020 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference

Disarmament Education

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Regional Centre holds workshop on Women, Peace and Security for NGO representatives and parliamentarians in Southeast Asia

USG/HR Nakamitsu Inaugurates New UNREC Premises, Launches Activities of Arms-Marking Project in Togo and Madagascar

Atomic bomb survivor’s 43-year quest for fate of 12 US POWs

All Women Team from UNODA discusses securing arms and ammunition to save lives

India-Wiesbaden Conference calls for enhanced cooperation with industry in combating proliferation of WMD

ANNOUNCEMENTS

UNSCAR Call for Proposals is now open (Deadline 31 July 2018)

(Information for delegations) preliminary information for participants at the Third Review Conference of the Programme of Action on small arms and light weapons

High-level international conference on nuclear disarmament and its organizational meeting postponed

Notes Verbale requesting views of Member States for disarmament-related reports mandated by the General Assembly

Information for States parties, observer States and IGOs attending the Preparatory Committee for the 2020 Review Conference of the NPT

EVENTS

July 30 - September 14, 2018

Conference on Disarmament – Third part

Geneva, Switzerland

August 27 - September 7, 2018

CTBTO: Working Group B, 51st session

Vienna, Austria

August 29 - 29, 2018

International Day against Nuclear Tests

September 10 - 14, 2018

IAEA: Board of Governors

Vienna, Austria

September 17 - 21, 2018

IAEA: General Conference, 62nd session

Vienna, Austria

September 17 - 21, 2018

50th session of the CTBTO Preparatory Commission

Vienna, Austria

September 24 - 24, 2018

IAEA: Board of Governors

Vienna, Austria

September 25 - 28, 2018

CTBTO: Advisory Group, 51st session

Vienna, Austria

September 26 - 26, 2018

International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons

October 5 - November 8, 2018

General Assembly, First Committee, Seventy-third session

New York, USA